Shavuot Day 2024 is on Monday, June 3, 2024: Is Shavuot a day when Jew-es-s become bar-t mitzvah?

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Nope, Shavuot has nothing to do with a Bar/Bat mitzvah (unless the person in question happens to have been born at that time so it is when they turn 13/12). Shavuot is about the NATION of Israel receiving the Torah and entering into a covenant with G-d. We celebrate it as a nation, all of us reliving the receiving of the Torah on Har Sinai

A Bar/Bat Mitzvah becomes an adult required to perform the mitzvot at the age of 13 years and ine day if a boy (Bar Mitzvah) and 12 years and one day if a girl (Bat Mitzvah). Ceremonies etc are a moden invention and have no religious significane. In the past the days were not celebrated with elaborate parties etc, the only differene would be that on his Bar Mitzvah (or at the next possible time) the boy would be calle dup to read from the Torah which indicated tpo the community that he was a Bar Mitzvah. Nothing more, no parties, presents etc

what is the Jewish observance and/or meaning of,Shavuot?

Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, and is also known as Hag Matan Torateinu (the Festival of the Giving of Our Torah).

The period from Passover to Shavu'ot is a time of great anticipation. We count each of the days from the second day of Passover to the day before Shavu'ot, 49 days or 7 full weeks, hence the name of the festival. See The Counting of the Omer. The counting reminds us of the important connection between Passover and Shavu'ot: Passover freed us physically from bondage, but the giving of the Torah on Shavu'ot redeemed us spiritually from our bondage to idolatry and immorality.

The portion I will now quote I "lifted" from the blog of an Israeli friend. Jewish holidays are either feast or fast and this one is a feast. My friend Yitz wrote a great blog about Shavuos and rather than re-invent the wheel here I am going to be a bit lazy and copy-paste from his great blog. It's also Shabbat, and I'm probably one of the few Jews online to answer this tonight.

It is customary to eat dairy foods on the first day of Shavuot. There are a number of reasons for this custom:

"On the holiday of Shavuot, a two-loaf bread offering was brought in the Temple. To commemorate this, we eat two meals on Shavuot -- first a dairy meal, and then, after a short interruption, we eat the traditional meat holiday meal.

With the giving of the Torah, the Jews now became obligated to observe the laws of Kosher. As the Torah was given on Shabbat no cattle could be slaughtered nor could utensils be koshered, and thus on that day they ate dairy.

Another reason is that the Torah is likened to nourishing milk. Also, the Hebrew word for milk is "chalav." When the numerical value of each of the letters in the word chalav are added together - 8; 30; 2 - the total is forty. Forty is the number of days Moses spent on Mount Sinai when receiving the Torah.

Since it is the Harvest Festival, it is customary on Shavuot to adorn the home and synagogue with fruits, flowers and greens. Furthermore, our Sages relate that although Mount Sinai was situated in a desert, when the Torah was given the mountain bloomed and sprouted flowers.

In many synagogues the Book of Ruth is read on the second day of Shavuot. There are several reasons for this custom:

A) Shavuot is the birthday and yahrtzeit (day of passing) of King David, and the Book of Ruth records his ancestry. Ruth and her husband Boaz were King David's great-grandparents.

B) The scenes of harvesting described in the book of Ruth are appropriate to the Festival of Harvest.

C) Ruth was a sincere convert who embraced Judaism with all her heart. On Shavuot all Jews were converts -- having accepted the Torah and all of its precepts. "

There is also a custom of staying awake all night on the first night of this celebration. On the first night of Shavuot, Jews throughout the world observe the centuries-old custom of conducting an all-night vigil dedicated to Torah learning, and preparation for receiving the Torah anew the next morning. One explanation for this tradition is that the Jewish people did not rise early on the day God gave the Torah, and it was necessary for God Himself to awaken them. To compensate for their behavior, Jews have accepted upon themselves the custom of remaining awake all night.

While eating dairy is common on the first day, around my family and community, somehow that part of the custom went overboard when it came to cheesecake or any dish made with cheese or milk. Moreover, we indulge the whole holiday of Shavuot. I've changed my avatar briefly just for all the cheese! :)

This year Shavuot is : Jewish Year 5771: sunset June 7, 2011 - nightfall June 9, 2011

Is Shavuot a major holiday in Israel? Are people generally have a day off?

Happy Shavuot to ya

The candle should be lit on the evening before the anniversary day. However, if it is also the Sabbath or another High Holy Day, the Yahrzeit should be lit before the other candles. The candles should extinguish themselves and not be blown out unless there is a fire danger. Each child who lives in the house should light a candle for the deceased parent. However, if there are many people being commemorated by the candle, one candle is enough for all.

Light two candles, tonight one for your cousin tomorrow another one for your other relative.

In 2012, In Israel Shavuot will fall from sundown on May 26 to sundown on May 27, on "normal days" we Israelis eat a lot of dairy products, but on Shavuot !!!!! we simply go overboard with Cheesecakes are the most popular, other popular dishes are diffebnt Pashtedot (similar quiches) which are baked dishes made of all sorts of cheeses, eggs and vegetables.

We also have food festivals (in diffrent cities in the country) like the wine festival in Tel Aviv and the wine and cheese festival in Haifa. Kibbutzim open for visits and have different events and activities related to the harvest and agriculture and life on the kibbutz.

ALSO ......this holiday is one of the three biblical pilgrimages to the Temple in Jerusalem,it is a very popular time to visit Jerusalem, in particular the Western Wall.